Office 365 feature comparison chart all plans

Office 365 feature comparison chart all plans
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This is an updated version of a popular blogpost that I posted in January 2013. It turned out to be one of the most visited posts and it still is (This one). This time I have updated the feature comparison list to show what is included in the different Office 365 plans and subscription levels that are available. It is not easy to find the information when you are looking to buy just the right plan for your organization.
My primary goal with this post is to again make it just a little bit easier to find what feature is included in what plan, what functionality is avaiable in which plan and most importantly, where is SharePoint Online included? 😉

The complete Office 365 subscription plan comparison list

(Remember that the content in every license plan can be subject to change at any time)

Note:1 Project Online is not included, but can be purchased as a separate add-on service. 2 Yammer Enterprise is not a component of Office 365 Government, but may be acquired at no cost as a standalone offer for each user licensed for Office 365 Government Plan E1, E3 and E4. This offer is currently limited to customers which purchase Office 365 Government under Enterprise Agreement and Enterprise Subscription Agreements. 3 Azure RMS is not included, but can be purchased as a separate add-on service. 4 To learn more about which RMS features are included with Office 365 plans, see Comparison of Rights Management Services (RMS) Offerings 5 Office Delve will become available for the Office 365 Business Essentials and Office 365 Business Premium plans in early 2015.6 Office 365 Video is not available with the following plans: Office 365 Government E1, Office 365 Government E3, Office 365 Government E4

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Changing or mixing plansAs the needs of your organization change, you may need to change your Office 365 plan. You can switch from your current Office 365 subscription to another Office 365 subscription: – In the same service family: For example, you can move from Office 365 Business Essentials to Office 365 Business Premium, or from Office 365 Enterprise E1 to Office 365 Enterprise E3. – From a standalone plan: For example, you can move from Exchange Online Plan 1 to Office 365 Enterprise E1. – To a different service family: For example, you can move from Office 365 Business Essentials to Office 365 Enterprise E3.For information about how to change subscriptions, including how to move from a trial to a paid subscription, see Switch to a different Office 365 plan or subscription.

You can combine Enterprise, Business and standalone plans (e.g. Exchange Online Plan 1) within a single Office 365 account. However, existing limitations on the number of seats per plan do not change. For example, you can have up to 300 seats per plan on both Office 365 Business Essentials and Office 365 Business Premium, but an unlimited number of users on Exchange Online Plan 1. Education and Government plans cannot be combined with Enterprise, Business or standalone plans.

Note:1 Lync 2013 Basic is available for all customers. The Lync Basic desktop client is a locally installed application that provides presence, instant messaging and conferencing features for Office 365 plans that include Skype for Business Online. Office 365 ProPlus, Office 365 Enterprise E3 and Office 365 Enterprise E4 include the full Lync application, which include additional features including advanced telephony support, archiving & compliance features. A Skype for Business Online license must be assigned for each user. For more information on Lync Basic features, see Clients for Skype for Business Online.

Note:1 Archiving and compliance features are supported with this version of Office, but the Exchange Online and SharePoint Online plans are not included and must be purchased separately or used with supported on-premises server equivalents.
2 Azure Rights Management (RMS) isn’t included but can be purchased as a separate add-on in order to enable the supported IRM features.
3 Windows Server AD RMS is an on-premises server that must be purchased and managed separately in order to enable the supported IRM features.
4 If you have Office Professional Plus 2013 or a standalone version of Excel 2013, you can download and use the Power Map Preview for Excel 2013 as an unsupported add-in.

Note:1 Workflow 2013 is not yet available in Office 365 Government E1, Office 365 Government E3, or Office 365 Government E4 plans.
2 Access Services is currently not available for the following plans: Office 365 Government E1, Office 365 Government E3, Office 365 Government E4, Office 365 Government K1

1 To use folder sync, you must have Office 2013 (Standard or Professional edition) or an Office 365 subscription that includes Office applications. Office 365 Business Essentials, Office 365 Enterprise E1, Office 365 Education E1, and Office 365 Government E1 plans don’t include subscriptions to Office 2013. However, you can use folder sync if you have Office 2013 installed and subscribe to one of these plans.2 Kiosk accounts have limited OneDrive for Business functionality. Kiosk customers can use the OneDrive for Business folder sync client application to sync team site document libraries with a shared computer and access documents offline. But kiosk accounts do not include a OneDrive for Business Personal Site, so they do not benefit from a OneDrive for Business personal library with 1 TB of online storage.3 Azure Rights Management (RMS) is not included, but can be purchased as a separate add-in order to enable supported IRM features.
4 Because Kiosk users can’t be administrators, tenants with Kiosk users need at least one Enterprise user to access the admin center.
5 When you use eDiscovery features, the licensing requirement for a plan that permits that feature applies to all end users that are part of the eDiscovery action (Search, Hold, Export).6 Authenticated SharePoint Online users can access private site collections with faceted navigation.

Thanks Mike. (I had the exact same thought…)
Exchange Online is easy, it is Exchange, a mailbox and nothing else…well an account in Azure AD as well but no other user services but a mailbox and a calendar.
Business Essentials is almost all of the services, mail, calendar, SharePoint, OneDrive for Business, Skype for Business, Yammer, Groups. All but Office Video really. Don’t know about Sway and coming services.
But in general, the difference is HUGE and the increase in cost is too small for the lesser license to be even considered (My opinion).
New services are coming and the value will if anything be higher and higher for the Business plan.
Did that answer your question?
Regards
Thomas

Hi aash.
No, its not up to date…too much has happened.
My recommendation though, if you are getting Office, get E3, if not, get E1.
You will be missing out if you get the services separate and get a lesser experience.
In the end it is usually worth it.
Rgds
Thomas